XNA Game Studio 4 helps Wndows Phone 7 Unlock Bragging Rights on the Go

March 9th, 2010 | by GeoffS
Posted In: General

Michael Klucher took some time while he was on his way to GDC to write up a detailed post regarding the XNA Game Studio 4 development platform. The most noteworthy information for those of us who aren’t of the developer persuasion is the following bit pertaining to the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Xbox LIVE experience:

The other key component of XNA Game Studio 4.0 that we’ve enabled exclusively for Xbox partners is Xbox LIVE and a premium gaming experience on Windows Phone 7 Series. Through the Gamer Services API’s you can pull in a user’s Gamertag and 2D Avatar as part of the game experience, unlock achievements on the platform, and leverage notifications for asynchronous turn based gaming.

That’s some pretty exciting, but expected, news. It looks like I’ll have yet another reason to consider Windows Phone 7 as an iPhone alternative come contract renewal time.

For those of you who are developer types and want to see more on the XNA Game Studio 4 feature talk, head on over to Mr. Klucher’s blog and read the whole shebang; additionally, you can check out the list of its features over at the XNA Creators Club.